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Nollywood Star Osita 'Pawpaw' Iheme Talks About When He'll Get Married...See What He is Saying

Osita Iheme, aka Pawpaw, is one of the most popular Nollywood actors in the contemporary world.

The actor who is half of the popular Nollywood comic pair known as Aki and Pawpaw, has become a household name.

Both men have since moved up the creative ladder, from being just comic actors to making their own movies.

Unlike his alter ego, Aki (Chinedu Ikedieze), whose wife put to bed a couple of weeks ago, Osita is still a bachelor.

Asked why he has not followed Aki’s example, the comic actor looks confused and he is speechless for awhile. Then he says, “Marriage
is not something that anybody should rush into. I will get married at
the right time. When it’s time for me to get married, you will know. You
will be informed.”

The Punch reports that the actor dismisses the rumour that he is still waiting for the proverbial Miss Right, saying, “There
is no Miss Right anywhere. I don’t believe that I should meet Miss
Right before I make up my mind about marriage. Besides, there is no wife
for anybody. Once you get somebody attached to you, she will become
your wife.”

Despite the popularity that he enjoys among millions of movie fans
across Nigeria, even beyond the country’s borders, Osita says that he
has been publicly embarrassed by the same fans and admirers on some
occasions.

Recalling a particular incident, which occurred somewhere in neighbouring Benin Republic, he says, “An
excited fan removed my cap and gave me a knock on my head. He said he
had been seeing me in the movies and only wanted to confirm if I was
really the one. Although I felt quite embarrassed by his behaviour, I
let the incident pass because I could see that he acted out of
excitement.”

Film acting, he says, did not come by accident.

As a youth, he used to be a member of the drama group in his
church. At a point, he had decided to take up acting as a career if
given the opportunity.

But, the actor says that he would have liked to be a singer if his dreams had failed to materialise.

“I would have become a singer. To me, singing is a means of expressing myself,” he says.

Osita also takes a look at the impact of the present economic situation on the movie industry and concludes, “It
is tough getting by nowadays. This is probably because filmmaking is no
longer as lucrative as it used to be. But what else can we do? The
recession is affecting everybody and the entire nation.”